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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-FB2B17
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle of Post-Medieval date. It is missing its pin due to old breaks. The buckle comprises two D-shaped loops that are triangular in section, separated at their centre by an integral bar that has bifuricated projections at the sides of the frame. The outer edge of one loop has an integrally cast trefoil or lis shaped projecting knop with three circular perforations. The entire buckle measures 20.99mm in width, 45.59mm in length, 2.35mm in thickness and 5.52g in weight. It is of Post-Medieval date, c.16th-17th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.59 mm
Width: 20.99 mm
Thickness: 2.35 mm
Weight: 5.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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